Juan Carlos Colombo

Zafari (2025)

In a small zoo, the arrival of the hippopotamus Zafari is celebrated by neighbours of opposing social classes. Ana, Edgar and their son Bruno watch all the action from the windows of their decadent high-class building. Amidst a chaos of food, water and ele ...

We Shall Not Be Moved (2024)

Socorro is a lawyer obsessed with finding the soldier who killed her brother during the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre. When she receives a crucial clue about the soldier's whereabouts fifty years after her brother's death, Socorro embarks on a reckless mission ...

Podcast, Rapaces Nocturnos (2024)

A Circus Tale & A Love Song (2024)

Refugio, a romantic dreamer whose years long quest to find true love takes him from the circus life in Mexico to the nightlife of New Orleans, where he unexpectedly falls for a beautiful exotic dancer with a complicated past and a dangerous ex-lover who re ...

Heartbeat (2023)

The newly separated Leonor comes from the monied class, while sixteen year old aspiring ballerina Emilia does not. They begin a tense pas de deux waiting out Emilia's pregnancy in a remote country home, isolated from the world and each other. ...

Morenitas: Hannia (2023)

A contemporary documentary that highlights and supports the beauty of young Mexican women with indigenous features who face limited opportunities in a country where the dark-skinned majority struggles against the privileges of the white minority. The film ...

Mi Maestra se comió a mi amigo (2023)

Tomás, an 11-year-old boy living in his own fantasy world, must use his vast monster knowledge to fight against his new English teacher: a wicked woman who is, in fact, a child-eating monster. ...

The Exorcist (2022)

Ophelia, a young nun recently arriving in the town of San Ramon, is forced to perform an exorcism on a pregnant woman in danger of dying. Just when she thinks her possession has ended, she discovers that the evil presence hasn't disappeared yet. The direct ...

40 Years Young (2022)

After turning 40, César is invited to a culinary contest in Cancún, but a bitter discovery threatens to destroy his family as well as his chances to win the competition. ...

Living all of Life (2022)

After a lifetime together, Susana has been abandoned by her husband. She is in denial and holds on to the past. One day, she needs the help of her neighbor, Gloria, a free-spirited woman that she can't stand. But the friendship that emerges between them aw ...

You Are My Problem (2021)

Sebastian, a sharp and clever teenager is once again expelled from school, just when his mother Luisa, a reputed psychologist, is about to take a very important step in her career. As a ticking time bomb that just explode, Sebastián runs away from home th ...

The King Of The Party (2021)

A man going through a crisis chooses to live somebody else's life for a week, transforming his identity. ...

Adentro (2021)

An exquisite corpse that aims to configure a plural vision of the experiences of isolation during the first months of the pandemic. The film consists of 6 fragments directed by 6 different Latin American directors. ...

The Exorcism of Carmen Farias (2021)

Carmen, a brave journalist, discovers soon after her mother's death that she has inherited her grandma's house. She decides to move there without knowing it hides dark secrets. ...

Guadalupe-Kings (2019)

Two longtime friends decide to attempt the Guadalupe Reyes challenge, which consist of drinking everyday from December the 12th (Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe) until January the 6th (Epiphany Day, the Feast of The Three Kings). ...

Lost Girl (2019)

Shattered by the unexpected news of their irreversible break-up, an aspiring orchestra conductor is puzzled by his girlfriend's mysterious and seemingly inexplicable case of disappearance. ...

Lady Rancho (2019)

A spoiled girl is sent to her family's ranch to work during summer vacations. ...

Plastic Love (2017)

A love story between a lonely man and an inflatable doll. After their first night together, she is pregnant. ...

Mist (2017)

Martina gets pregnant from her selfish boyfriend. Without knowing exactly what to do, she travels to Berlin to find her own father, the one she never met. ...

Nocturne (2016)

Ana, a mysterious nurse, is hired to take care of Oli, an old sick man in his last days. The relationship becomes uncomfortable when she reveals a past that they had apparently shared. "Nocturne" is the intimate encounter between two lonely people seeking ...

Find a Boyfriend for My Wife... PLEASE! (2016)

Paco, so fed up with his nagging and nitpicking wife, comes up with an ingenious plan to end the unhappy union: Find her a boyfriend by hiring a professional seducer nicknamed "El Taiger" to whisk her off her feet and out of the marriage. ...

She's Ramona (2015)

Ramona is fat woman with too much weight and barely any luck. She recalls a childhood filled with moral abuse by her mother, sister and friends, calling her silly offensive names referencing her overweight. When she became an adult, things didn't really ge ...

Perfect Obedience (2014)

The fictional Father Ángel de la Cruz is based on Legion of Christ founder Marcial Maciel, whose long history of child abuse was not addressed until 2006 and only publicly acknowledged in 2009. But director Luis Urquiza chooses to structure his film throu ...

Open Cage (2014)

The economy has collapsed. In a universe of moral and economic impoverishment, we find Flavia, a spoiled teenager with artistic aspirations that are somewhat frustrated when she is not accepted at the University. Her neighbor Martin, a mature man with rigi ...

Heriberto y Demetrio (2014)

Two cops from Mexico who actually can resolve crimes. ...

Richness of Internal Space (2013)

Locked up and isolated, constantly exposed and threatened to be killed, for the first time in his life Lazaro understood that he was a free man. ...

Tlatelolco, Summer of 68' (2013)

As Mexico prepares to host the 1968 Olympics, students and civilians are uniting on the streets to protest the authoritarian government. Tensions are running high and the eyes of the world are on Mexico and President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. Ana Maria, a studen ...

Inertia (2013)

The minute Lucia hears the news that her ex-boyfriend Felipe was admitted to a hospital, she rushed herself to meet him. As Felipe was found to be in a critical condition, Lucia makes up her mind to nurse him, but soon realizes the unresolved feelings she ...

Alucardos: Portrait of a Vampire (2011)

Terror, transsexualism, and an eternal cult film. What is on the mind of horror film director Juan López Moctezuma and his fans, Manolo and Lalo, who are not only obsessed with the Mexican horror film 'Alucarda', but also believe in their hearts that they ...

We Are What We Are (2010)

After the death of a patriarch, a family must try to continue on with a disturbing, ritualistic tradition. ...

By Day and by Night (2010)

A Mexican science fiction film where the over-population problem has been solved by programming people to operate in either day or night, and not both. ...

Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada (2010)

From his jail cell at Chihuahua's Military Hospital, Hidalgo begins to remember moments of his life, particularly his tenure as Parish Priest in the town of San Felipe Torres Mochas where he translated and produced the stage play "Tartuffe" by Moliere. Dur ...

File of Attempted Murder (2010)

Tells the story behind an assassination attempt perpetrated in 1897, by a dipsomaniac man, against the President of the Mexican Republic, General Porfirio Diaz. ...

Nora's Will (2008)

Jose learns that Nora, the woman he was married to for 30 years and from whom divorced, has committed suicide. The rabbi explains Joseph that due to the celebrations this time of the year, if Nora is not buried that same day, they should wait at least 5 da ...

Propiedad Ajena (2007)

The discovery of a diary, written in 1848 in Texas, Mexican territory, triggers Miranda Sámano's decision to travel, illegally to that land, in search of her roots and her origin and to unravel the mysteries written by Amalia Sámano in that diary. The lo ...

More Than Anything in the World (2007)

The relationship between beautiful Emilia (Elizabeth Cervantes) and her imaginative young daughter, Alicia, is tested in this understated Mexican drama. Disoriented after moving to a new apartment and left to herself when her mother starts bringing men hom ...

Cañitas (2007)

Based on the novel by Carlos Trejo, supposedly based on true events, the film retells the story of a group of friends that played the Ouija one night together and started to die one by one in mysterious ways. The only survivor was the real-life author, Car ...

Leftie (2003)

Futuristic movie about Alejandro, a gifted left-handed child marble player who must win a competition as the entire town's hopes - and money - rest on him. ...

El Grito (2002)

Estela Duarte is divorcing her cheating husband, has moved her two children in with her mom, and has taken the only writing job she can find - as a reporter for the tabloid, El Grito. She covers a series of grisly murders and mutilations of well-dressed wo ...

Corazones rotos (2002)

Many stories of families within an urban complex. ...

Compassionate Sex (2000)

Dolores is a mature and kind woman whose husband abandons her because he can't stand her uncanny generosity. Desperate to get her husband back, she devotes her life to works of charity, which is to go to bed with the other men of the town. Dolores, now "Lo ...

Gimme Power (2000)

When a Mexican film director becomes fed up with the crime and corruption in his homeland, he decides to single-handedly take on a powerful band of criminals. ...

A Sweet Scent of Death (1999)

Ramón is secretly in love with Adela. ...

Herod's Law (1999)

In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrup ...

El Cometa (1999)

After witnessing the arrest of her father for publishing "subversive" material against the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, Valentina escapes taking a sack of gold coins with her in order to hand it over to rebel Francisco I. Madero, who is in San Antonio, ...

Divine (1998)

"La Nueva Jerusalem" is a small community of believers lead by Papá Basilio and Mamá Dorita. They're waiting for the second coming of Christ, so they've abandoned the world, searching for a new spiritual life. Mamá Dorita sees in young Tomasa the signal ...

Alta Tensión (1997)

A retired man that used to work for the National Electricity Company fight with his sons who want to get his money. ...

AR-15 Comando Implacable II (1997)

Recipes to Stay Together (1996)

"Cilantro y perejil" is a comedy about couples from the same family, hit by the economic crisis in Mexico. The plot turns around the eternal question of whether it is worth it to live as a couple. The conclusions are fun, unpredictable and very human. Afte ...

The Overturning Of The Heart (1996)

1941, Jose Antelmo Cruz regrets his past while writing a novel and falling in love with a prostitute. ...

The Ringer (1996)

Film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. ...

Sin remitente (1995)

A lonely, aging postal worker finds himself the victim of a cruel practical joke in this pessimistic Mexican drama. The trouble begins when crotchety postman Andre begins complaining about his young neighbor Marianna's propensity for playing loud music eve ...

Deserted Seas (1995)

He drinks too much, his primary relationship just ended, and he can't finish his screenplay. ...

Mujeres infieles (1995)

Three stories about three high middle class women from Mexico City who are unfaithful to their partners. 1) Julieta is a married with Eduardo, a publicist addicted to work. 2) Clara is a capricious and fickle girl who is committed to marry Ricardo, a lawye ...

Mystery of the Maya (1995)

Filmed in IMAX, a young Mayan boy who lives close to the ruins becomes acquainted with an archaeologist (Guerra) and asks her to tell him about his ancestors. The crew travelled to over 15 locations in Mexico and Guatemala, including Tulum and Chichén Itz ...

Crimes of Passion (1995)

Gabriel, a mentally unstable actor, upon release from asylum falls for aspiring actress Julieta, and tries to help her win film roles – only, she doesn't fancy him one bit, and merely uses his connections for bettering her career. Her best friend Letíci ...

Juego limpio (1995)

Espiritus (1995)

Una buena forma de morir (1994)

After his wife is murdered by gang members, a man must take revenge. ...

The Queen of the Night (1994)

The legendary life of Mexican singer Lucha Reyes is the basis of this fictionalized biography ( or as director Arturo Ripstein puts it "an imaginary biography"). Lucha Reyes was an unconventional, and sexually liberated woman, most famous for her "cancion ...

Clear and Present Danger (1994)

Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and d ...

Perfume, efecto inmediato (1994)

A cosmetologist invents a perfume that helps her sister seduce her boss. When her boss realizes the power of the perfume he will try to steal the formula. ...

Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (1993)

Three moments in the life of Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas; his youth encounter with the natives; his resignation in maturity to lands and encomiendas to evangelize and defend justice and dignity against the cruelty of the Spanish and his reflections at the ...

Cronos (1993)

Faced with his own mortality, an ingenious alchemist tried to perfect an invention that would provide him with the key to eternal life. It was called the Cronos device. When he died more than 400 years later, he took the secrets of this remarkable device t ...

Mina (1992)

Character study of a stay-at-home daughter, 1930s through the 1950s. ...

Gertrudis (1992)

The life and execution of Gertrudis Bocanegra, a sympathizer of the libertarian cause and a prominent figure in Mexico's independence from Spain. ...

Vintage Model (1992)

Life unravels when famous radio talk-show host Carmen (Sylvia Pinal) discovers she has just months to live. To tie up the loose ends of her life, she hires a chauffeur to drive her around Mexico City and visit her old haunts. But he does far more than that ...

Cómodas mensualidades (1992)

Young married guy is overwhelmed by the expenses involved with starting a family. ...

Playa azul (1992)

A politician accused of fraud seeks refuge in a remote, hotel he owns. Joined by his wife, and children he requests aid from his friends. His friends refuse to help, and eventually his family leave him, leaving him with few options. ...

The Legend of a Mask (1991)

A reporter starts investigating the life of the recently deceased wrestler "The Masked Angel" ...

Benjamín's Wife (1991)

Benjamin is an old bachelor who lives with his sister. One day he falls in love with the young Natividad. Seeing that the love letter strategy doesn't work with the girl, Benjamín decides to kidnap her. ...

Las buenas costumbres (1990)

Mexican feature film ...

Difficult Days (1988)

Two shareholder brothers close several factories due to economic problems, except for their chemical plants. ...

Macho y hembras (1987)

Mexican feature film ...

Love Around the Corner (1986)

Maria escapes from prison. On the run, she breaks her ankle. Julian, a truck driver, finds her sitting at the roadside, crying. He picks her up and takes her to a hospital. On her first chance, Maria flees again and goes to a hotel, where she ends up as a ...

Chido Guan, el tacos de oro (1986)

Street-punk drafted to soccer team, rises to stardom. Cuz he plays so good. ...